Category: Events

🎄🎄 Tropical Christmas BBQ 🎄🎄

The PDCA’s end of year function, the Tropical Christmas BBQ, will be held on Saturday December 13th from 6pm – 10pm.

Bring along whatever you wish to cook on the bbq and a side or dessert to share. The PDCA will have a few sausages and onions on the BBQ.

The bar will be open of course. It is time to kick back and welcome in the silly season.

Paluma Cassowary Update Tonight with Thai Curry Dinner

Have you got your Friday night sorted this evening. Don’t feel like cooking?  Come and listen and watch the presentation on the Paluma Cassowary Project by Wren McLean and enjoy some delicious complimentary Thai Curry as well. 

The bar will also be open for refreshments.

The evening kicks off at 5pm.

See you there!

Games Night a Great Success

Last Saturday night’s annual Games night, hosted by Peter and Dorothy Klumpp was a great success.

Around 35 people showed up and enjoyed a meal while catching up with friends (and sizing up the competition). This year, the number of sports on offer was very diverse:

Badminton

Golf

Bowls

Table Tennis

Foosball

Archery/axe-throwing

Teams of two (one male, one female) were allocated at random; however, the excess of males over females resulted in some contestants being given honorary female status for the evening.

Figuring out which teams played which sport against which other team, and then recording the results, seemed to exercise the mind just as strenuously as the different sports exercised the body!

The competition was fierce but friendly, with the open bar providing a source of solace or fortification depending on the fortunes of the different participants throughout the event.

Once all the points had been added up there was a tie for first place, which led to a sudden death game of ping-pong tic tac toe, which required some time to understand let alone master. In the end, the winning team (Wilfred Karnoll and Ms Jamie Oliver), through sheer luck, just edged out Sandy Smythe and Ian Graniglia for the championship, with a box of chocolates given to all four.

After the end of the games, Jamie and Wilfred challenged Peter Klump and Mark Crisp to what has become a traditional table tennis “grudge match”. Peter and Mark came out on top this year, but no one seems to remember who won any of the previous years’ matches, so the grudge appears to remain unsettled.

In addition to Peter and Dorothy, many thanks are due to Mark Crisp (sausage sizzler extraordinaire) and Lynda Radbone (bar tender, mulled wine maker, and much more).

Besides masterminding the event, Peter played a crucial role in keeping the event on track and on time!

🐝 Spring Working Bee 🐝

Our first working bee for spring is on this Saturday, September 6th. Hall clean and vegetation control are on the program.
Meet at the hall at 2pm. Bring along some good cheer and energy and a mate. 
Drinks on the verandah afterwards at 4pm.

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First Friday Night Social for Spring

Our first Friday Night Social for spring is on September 5th, this Friday at 6pm. There will be a table tennis competition for those wishing to begin their training for the upcoming Paluma Games night in October. Perhaps a few rounds of darts even for those wishing to hone their skills. Winners to be awarded a complimentary drink of their choice.

The bar will be open from 6pm. If you wish, bring some light nibbles and yarns to share.

Paluma Games Night, October 18th

Peter and Dorothy Klump have announced that this year’s Paluma Games Night will be held on  Saturday, October 18th, at the Community Hall starting at 5:30 pm.

The evening will start with a sausage sizzle dinner ($3.00) at 5:30 pm, with the bar open for the purchase of drinks, including Lynda Radbone’s famous Mulled Wine. By 7:oo pm, the teams of two will have been announced and the various games will commence. These will include darts, indoor bowls, ping pong, and soccer pinball to name a few.

Previous years have proved a great success with lots of friendly participation mixed with bouts of enthusiastic competition. There are probably a few residents looking to topple the previous winners in some categories, so the spirits will be high.

This year will include a special “Children’s Competition” (12 years and under). Prizes included.

If possible, please let Peter or Dorothy know (pdklumpp1@bigpond.com) if you will be coming so we can ensure we have plenty of food and drinks for all .

Hope to see you there!

Volunteers Needed

The Mike Carney Toyota Paluma Push will be held on July 12 this year. Hidden Valley Cricket Grounds will be the HQ Central as well as the start and finishing points. This event has been supported by our community and the SES and RFS in the past with manning of checkpoints as well as the very important job of manning the PDCA bar at the campgrounds.

Having done both, I can highly recommend donating your time and effort to such a positive and very social event. It is worth all the laughs, joy and fun this kind of event pulls in, not to mention the dollars for our community.

If you would like to help at a checkpoint please contact Charlie Allen on 4777 5112.

If you’d like to help out at the PDCA bar, please contact Wilfred on 0447 822 626

Notice of PDCA Annual General Meeting, May 24, 2025

Members (and prospective members) are advised that the Annual General Meeting of the Paluma & District Community Association Inc. will be held on:

Saturday, May 24, 2025, at 12pm for a BBQ lunch followed by the AGM at 1:15pm in the Community Hall

Nominations are open for all Executive Committee positions. Nominations should be forwarded to any member of the Executive Committee or by email to PalumaPDCA@gmail.com. Please use the nomination forms, which can be downloaded here.

Positions are:

  • President, 
  • 1 or 2 Vice-Presidents
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer
  • General Committee members (numbers flexible)  

Members are reminded that Annual Subscriptions are now due and should be paid prior to the commencement of the AGM.   Membership is $45.00 Please use the subscription form here to submit your dues. New members are more than welcome and should use the same form.

Please note that you must be a PDCA member to nominate someone to the Committee or vote for any Committee member.

The AGM will be followed immediately by a normal General Meeting with the new Committee.

AGM AGENDA

  1. Opening – circulation of attendance sheet
  2. Apologies
  3. Minutes of previous AGM April 24th, 2021
  4. President’s Report
  5. Treasurer’s report
  6. Election of Officers for 2025-2026
  7. Election of Auditor for 2025-2026
  8. Close of Annual General Meeting

Normal General Meeting Agenda

Normal General Meeting Agenda

  1. Open General Meeting
  2. Proposed Events/Fund-raising for the coming year
  3. Any other business
  4. Close of General Meeting